Re: Van Mows Down People on Barcelona's Ramblas: 13 confirmed dead, dozens injured
Latest UPDATE:
Briton caught up in Barcelona attack talks of her 'unbridled fear'
Susan Maclean, who is on holiday in Barcelona with her husband, said she was "very lucky" to have avoided the van as it ploughed through the crowds.
She told Channel 4 News: "All of a sudden, there was this screaming and hordes of people, like a tidal wave of people, fear etched in their faces, running towards us, many of them yelling in Spanish.
"We had no idea what was going on. My first thought was this is a terrorist attack."
She said she felt "unbridled fear" during the incident where she was barricaded into a nearby shop for safety.
Ms Maclean said: "It was very difficult to know what was going on.
"People were shouting. We could hear the word 'shooting, shooting'. We weren't really sure whether that was shooting as in the English or a Spanish word so it was just unbridled fear."
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Suspected attacker killed in shootout with police' -local media reports
One of the suspected attackers involved in mowing down people in Barcelona has been killed in a shootout with police on the outskirts of the city,
La Vanguardia newspaper reported.
Police earlier confirmed they had arrested a man in connection with the attack.
It was not immediately clear how many attackers were involved in the incident
The driver was arrested around two and a half hours after the attack, police said. A second suspect was also arrested.
Police shot dead a third man who drove at officers at a checkpoint. It was not clear whether he was connected to the Las Ramblas attack.
One of the arrested men was named as Driss Oukabir. He is suspected of renting the van, but later denied involvement and reportedly said his documents had been stolen.
State-owned broadcaster RTVE reported that investigators think two vans were used - one for the attack and a second as a getaway vehicle.
Oukabir 'denies involvement in Las Ramblas attack'
A local newspaper in Catalonia,
El Nacional, reported that Oukabir told police in Ripoll that he had nothing to do with the Barcelona attack.
He said that his documents had been stolen and used to hire the car, sources told the paper.
Jordi Munell, mayor of Ripoll, confirmed that Oukabir had denied any involvement in the attack.
The
Mossos d'Esquadra, the Catalan police force, said they were looking into the report and not confirm or deny it.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/08/17/barcelona-terror-attack-van-crashes-crowd-la-rambla-killing/
ISIS claims responsibility for Barcelona terror attack that killed at least 13 people
One suspect found dead in car after coming under police fire; more than 80 people injured, with 15 of them in a serious condition
One of the suspects wanted over Thursday's terrorist attack in Barcelona has been found dead in a car some three kilometers from where police officers tried to stop him by firing at the vehicle he was in. It is not known if he was killed by police or if he took his own life.
It has also emerged he was under police surveillance.
A third suspect is still being sought by police.
Meanwhile, police have also located a second van thought to have a possible link to the attack in the town of Vic, some 60 kilometers north of Barcelona, Vic Mayor Anna Erra has said, according to Spanish news agency EFE.
It has also emerged he was under police surveillance.
A third suspect is still being sought by police.
Meanwhile, police have also located a second van thought to have a possible link to the attack in the town of Vic, some 60 kilometers north of Barcelona, Vic Mayor Anna Erra has said, according to Spanish news agency EFE.
https://elpais.com/elpais/2017/08/17/inenglish/1502984108_305527.html
A video snapshot when pedestrians running away...
